Contributed by Joel Zimba, Special Projects Coordinator, MDTAP<\/em><\/p>\n Apple released the latest version of their operating system for their mobile devices, iOS 9.0.\u00a0 It was quickly followed by iOS 9.0.1\u2014the current release. There are lots of little fixes, like the ability to use Siri voices for the speech output in VoiceOver, and Braille text entry working much better.\u00a0 However, there is one huge feature which deserves a bit of attention.<\/p>\n An item called \u201cText Selection\u201d can now be added to the rotary.\u00a0 This control works a bit differently from most, but it\u2019s definitely worth exploring.\u00a0 After turning to \u201cText Selection,\u201d flicking up or down will cycle through character, word, line or page.\u00a0 There is even a \u201cSelect All\u201d option.<\/p>\n Once you settle upon the desired text unit, swiping to the right will select successive units.\u00a0 Swiping to the left will unselect.\u00a0 Note that you must be at the beginning of the text to be selected.\u00a0 It has been suggested that this functionality should be changed to mimic that of the arrow keys when selecting\u2014meaning the selection can expand from either right or left, and swiping the opposite way will unselect.\u00a0 Look for this change to come in the near future.<\/p>\n This seems convenient, but why is it such a big deal?\u00a0 The best part about this new method of text selection is that it works nearly everywhere.\u00a0 Any webpage for example.\u00a0 No longer is text selection limited to edit fields.\u00a0 It is now trivial to select a few words on a page in Safari and copy them into a new Google search.<\/p>\n As an aside, wanting to do just that is how I came to use an excellent and highly accessible app called Workflow<\/a>.\u00a0 In under a minute, I wrote a Workflow which appears on the \u201cShare Sheet.\u201d\u00a0 It takes the contents of the clipboard and searches for it.\u00a0 While a Workflow tutorial may be beyond the scope of this blog post, I hope to discuss it here in the future.\u00a0 Workflow has often been cited as an example of an app whose author has done a remarkable job with accessibility.<\/p>\n